Cover for cooking utensils.



WE GSTRANDER. COVER FOR GOGKXNG UTENSILS. APPLICATION FILED SBP'I.29.1908.

Md o f Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

WILLIAM HENRY STRANDER; 0F REZDICKVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA.

` COVER FOR CDGKING UTENSLS,

Specification of Letters Patent Application filed September 29. 16308.

Serial No'. 455,278*

use in 'Connection with culinary articles and,V has for an object to provide a cover of this;

chara'icter adapted to be eleetively used in the rainingv of potatoes, beans, peas, carrots, porsnipn, spinach or the like.

Other objects and advantages will he apparent as the nature of the invention is lietter disclosed, and it will be understood that changes Within the scope of the claim, may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention;

ln the drawings, forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of referenfindicate'similar paris in the ser! eral views, Figure 1 is :i Sectiijin through a portion of a pot showing the application of the cover thereto, Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view ofthe cover, Fig is a top plan view.

Referrinr now more particularly to the drawings, t ere is shown a pot l which may 1 he of any preferred/form adapted to receive the cover 2 comprising circular concevoconv'eX elements 3 andfr, the element 3 will be described hereinafter as an inner element, and the'elenient 4 an outer element. A knob or handle .5 is provided for tlie'eleinents forming the cover, and the elenient'fl is revolubly connected to the said knob, While tige/to lie r'L inner element is lined thereto so thatitheid outcreleni'ent ma be conveniently und el.l fcctively revolve while the inner element remains stationary. i /lieinner element 3 is provided with o peripheral flnnge C adapted to scat itself-*upon the peripheral odge or the pot 1 and the said Piange is offset preferably in a vertical plane from the lower edge of the said element 3,'i1nd is thus adapted tc receive the peripheral edgeof the element- 4f as will be clearly seen-upon reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings. The inner element 3 provided with a discharge passage 7, and the outer element 4 is provided with a discharge passage 8 which, when the latter elemcntfis revolved suliiciently, may aline 'with the passage 7 as will be readily understood.

"ilhe purpose of ilus passages 'l and S is to locs or the like. 'llnl inner clement 2% is' pro- \idcd with a 'i'iiurzilitj'f' of enlarged perforaions 5l. and the snid clement is also' projv'ided with a plurality of reduced pei'lorations il?. The pcrforations l) and lOare lo'ra tod 'ldjaccnl to the peripheral edge of the said element :ind arey normali)vv closed by thc omer element 4 as iseobiiious.' When il is desired io use either of the pluralitjiv ol` pcrforzitions 9 and 10, the outer clement ie revolved so that the passing". il may lic brought. into Mr islrntion with he Said porloralionsf.. To conveniently revolve thc outer element el, l provide adjacent to the pi-riphcral odge of said clement a knol) or handle ll which maj,y he of any well known form. lt may l e mentioned that the small perforations are used when straining small olijecte, and the perorations 9 may be used for ordinary etraining pnrposes.'. I

l1` rom the construction herein Set forth and. described, ity vwill be Seen that a simple and provided and may ne applied to pots of various forms without changing the same.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed new, iet- As: im article orf niennacture, a cover for cookingv utensils comprising inner and onto-f elements of (Kincavo-convex form provided with passages in their peripheral edges adapted lo aline with each other, the paesage in the inner element being closed normally by portiom'o/theV outer element, Said inner elennuit/lning a peripheral iiange adapted ated n'pon the peripheral edge of a pot, Said inner clement having groups of perlirations oi different Sizes adapted to be closed normally by the outer element, a knob with the outer clement so that the latter may be rotated npon theforrner. and a knol) corried h v the outer element adapied for operation to'rotate the said outer element when 'the knob carried by the inner element is held Stationary.

' In testimony whereof nllix my signature -in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM einer ceremonia.

lVilnceeee (i. M. VANCE, ANNIE E. Swroim.

Patented @mi 5i, lh

effectively Strain largo artii-lc, urh as puta-- inexpensive cover for cooking uteneils is,

carried by the 'inner element and engagedl 

